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Finding the Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Materials Sciences is the #179 most popular major in the country with 448 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Materials Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the most popular school for materials sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Women make up 32% of the materials science majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials sciences schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in materials science at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Out of the 6 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great place for materials sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials sciences schools in the United States. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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One of 8 majors within the area of study, materials sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Per Henning.

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